What’s next after scrapping the ‘Black Code’ in France?
French MPs vote to repeal law that governed slavery in colonies.
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French MPs vote to repeal law that governed slavery in colonies.
Members of the lower house of the French parliament unanimously voted to abolish a series of royal edicts known as…
France is Thursday expected to move towards repealing outdated legislation that defines people enslaved in its colonies as "moveable goods",…
French lawmakers are set to vote on Thursday to repeal the Code Noir, a law that regulated slavery in the…
President Emmanuel Macron endorsed repealing centuries-old royal decrees that codified slavery in French colonies on Thursday, calling their continued existence…
Thursday marks the 25th anniversary of France’s Taubira law, which recongnised slavery as a crime against humanity for the first…
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